Persian Writing – Useful Drills 10

From this week, we are going to deal with words instead of single letters. To read the words properly, we have two ways. First, put the signs or symbols on or under the letters as we did during our previous lessons. Second, use the English phonetic alphabets instead of putting the signs on or under the letters. Personally, I think it will be better if we a pply the second choice. As I have told you during the first nine lessons, Persian words do not have symbols when written. So, we’d better get used to it from now. I know it’s a bit difficult in the very beginning, but you will see yourself fluent in near future. Just follow the phonetic letters and try to learn the words in a parrot- like repetition.

Note: Please pronounce the words that we have already studied.

Questions:

In the following sentences, how many. do you detect?

1- You singular?

2- You plural?

3- They?

4- We?

5- He or she?

6- I?

Note: Please try to answer the questions first. Then, if you want to be sure, find the correct answers at the bottom of the following sentences.

11 Comments

Thank you so much for the lesson. I think I did it correctly, is there a way to correct myself?

Butool Zehra
September 17, 2012 @
9:00 am

I’m still confused…when to use toe and when to use shoma?

Nila
November 26, 2012 @
3:58 pm

Toe (informal “you”) ..
Shoma (formal “you”)

Auke
February 13, 2013 @
5:35 am

The next button makes you jump back to lesson 9 instead of 11.

Steve
January 14, 2014 @
5:25 am

Is there vowel points?

Marc
January 30, 2014 @
1:40 am

** Did I miss the lesson where we learned how to say the words “they”, “he”, “she”, and “I”?
Im confused. I spent about a week and a half learning the alphabet. I don’t speak Farsi, I know a FEW words. Is this site only for those who already speak Farsi?

Navid
February 1, 2014 @
12:08 am

No, this site is for absolute beginners. They covered it in Lesson 10, at the bottom of the page. You should read the entire lesson.

david cardenas
April 20, 2014 @
5:05 am

i am looking for a persian expression that mentions a ” hundred dog tails.”

Anne Khadjavi
September 7, 2016 @
5:05 pm

I thank you so much for your kindess to teach us this fabulous language. I am a french woman married to a persan for long years. I speak persan and I read a little – the names of the shops and the food I buy and the streets- but I always want write and read fluently. I love the persian language which is ghely shirine ! Once again, thank you, it is a big chance to have you, Excuse my english.

Tessami
November 15, 2016 @
3:22 pm

Hello,

Thank you so much for your website, this is so far the best way for me to learn Farsi, it is very useful and i am learning so much!

However, now that i am doing the useful drill 10, i am a bit confused on when do i say the correct vowels, is there a way to know when do we say /a/ or /e/ or /o/ because we don’t have the accent?